Overview
Super Pac-Man is a fixed-screen maze game and a Namco-developed sequel to Pac-Man. Instead of clearing the maze by eating dots, the player must consume every food or prize item on the screen while avoiding Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. Most items are enclosed behind locked doors, and Pac-Man must eat keys placed throughout the maze to open them. Each key unlocks a particular door; during early rounds it is usually located nearby, while later stages increasingly pair keys with doors elsewhere in the maze.
The four ghosts pursue Pac-Man through the corridors and cost him a life upon contact. Tunnels connect the opposite sides of the maze, while the ghosts’ central enclosure can also be entered and crossed by Pac-Man. As the rounds progress, the ghosts move more aggressively, the keys become less conveniently placed, and each stage introduces a different food or prize with a higher point value.
